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  • THE PRICE OF FAILURE. by Ashford, Jeffrey (pseudomyn of Roderic Jeffries)
    Ashford, Jeffrey (pseudomyn of Roderic Jeffries)
    THE PRICE OF FAILURE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York St Martin's, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "At first it seems like a simple case of kidnapping. But after Victoria Arkwright is turned loose, sadly abused and HIV-positive, two months after her titled father ignores the kidnappers' orders to keep her disappearance a secret from the police, the plot turns deeper and darker. Constable Mike Carr, briefly forgetting his pregnant, ailing wife while he listens to a high-class tart's story of obscene phone calls, has no idea that he's about to become the pivotal figure in a scandal that'll infect the ranks all the way up to the Chief Constable--as well as entangle a rock star and a parvenu billionaire in the kidnappers' plans." (Kirkus) 184 pp. ISBN: 0-312-1818566.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 85575
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  • THE CROOKED SIDE OF HELL. by Nelson, Coralia.
    Nelson, Coralia.
    THE CROOKED SIDE OF HELL.

    Edition: Trade paperback original - first printing.

    San Francisco: Alchemy Books. (1984). SIGNED first edition - Author's first book, a novel based on her own expericences about the violent changes, murder and kidnapping in modern-day El Salvador. SIGNED on the title page with the word "Enjoy" (not sure that is the most appropriate sentiment for this book) Cover and frontispiece illustrations by Eugene Legend. 119 pp. ISBN: 0-93129083x.

    Condition: Very near fine in a illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 73533
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